Strawberries and Cream Dahlia Collection

All the colours of the very best of high summer puddings. What could be nicer for a summer vase? More

3 tubers229336-3

£11.95

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6 tubers229336-6

£20.50

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3 x 3 litre plants511435-3

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All the colours of the very best of high summer puddings - strawberries, meringues and cream, especially if you really mash the strawberries and stir them all in so the colours bleed. What could be nicer for a summer vase?

Pot them up undercover March or early April in a generous pot (at least 2 litre) filled with multi-purpose potting compost. Place them in a light, frost-free place and keep the compost moist. Pinch out their growing tips when they have reached about 8" tall. They will have formed bushy plants by the time the frosts have ended and will be in flower by the beginning of July. If you don’t have anywhere to grow the potted tubers, you can put them straight into the ground when the frosts are nearly over, mulching them or protecting with a cloche or protective horticultural fleece if the foliage appears before the frosts are over, but this will delay flowering.

Care Tips

Support with a stout stick, tie in every couple of weeks. In the south you can mulch deeply and overwinter them in the ground, alternatively, lift and overwinter your dahlias frost free undercover.

Flowering

July - November

Vase Life

Only pick dahlias in full flower. Recut the hollow stem ends under water to avoid airlocks.

Harvesting

Flower production 5 months

Cooking Notes

All dahlia flowers are edible. I use the petals scattered over salad and to decorate a range of puddings

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Sow Under Cover/Plant Indoors

Direct Sow/Plant Outdoors

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Advice

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